gardens
gardens — 名詞
1. the outdoor area, usually with grass, flowers, or other plants, that belongs to
庭院；花園
住家旁附屬的戶外綠地
the outdoor area, usually with grass, flowers, or other plants, that belongs to a house and is used by the people who live there.
Mei was reading on a bench in the back gardens behind her cottage.
Mei 坐在自家小屋後方庭院的長椅上看書。
in the back garden / gardens: location at home
Tanvi keeps a small wooden table and four chairs in her front gardens.
Tanvi 在她家前面的庭院裡擺了一張小木桌和四張椅子。
front gardens: the area in front of a house
Most of the houses on Pine Street have long, narrow gardens at the back.
Pine Street 上大多數的房子後面，都有又長又窄的庭院。
Children from the neighbourhood often play hide-and-seek in the family gardens after school.
鄰居的小孩放學後常在這幾戶人家的庭院裡玩躲貓貓。
Omar painted his shed bright blue and built a path through the gardens.
Omar 把工具棚漆成亮藍色，並在庭院裡鋪了一條小路。
文法句型
in the garden / in the gardens
the back / front garden
用法筆記
In British English this private area beside a house is normally called a garden; in American English the same space is more often called a yard. Often appears as plural when a single house has more than one such area (front / side / back).
常見錯誤
2. an area of soil that someone digs and waters so that vegetables, fruit, herbs, o
菜園；花圃
種菜、種花或種香草的小塊地
an area of soil that someone digs and waters so that vegetables, fruit, herbs, or flowers can grow there.
Nkechi grows tomatoes, beans, and chili peppers in her vegetable gardens every summer.
Nkechi 每年夏天都在她的菜園裡種番茄、四季豆和辣椒。
vegetable gardens: collocation
Iris dug two flower gardens along the fence and planted forty rose bushes.
Iris 沿著圍籬挖了兩塊花圃，種下四十株玫瑰。
flower gardens: collocation
The school children watered the herb gardens behind the kitchen every morning.
學生們每天早上都會去廚房後方的香草園澆水。
Tamar's grandmother taught her how to plant onions and carrots in their gardens.
Tamar 的奶奶教她如何在自家菜園裡種洋蔥和紅蘿蔔。
Heavy rain on Saturday flooded the small kitchen gardens behind the farmhouse.
週六的大雨把農舍後方的小菜園都淹了。
- vegetable patch
specifically the part used for vegetables; informal British term
- allotment
British: a small rented piece of public land used for growing vegetables, not beside your own home
- plot
neutral; emphasises the marked-out piece of ground rather than what is grown on it
文法句型
vegetable / flower / herb garden
plant + garden
grow + in + the + gardens
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense focuses on the cultivated patch where things are grown, not on the whole outdoor home area. Common compound forms are vegetable / flower / herb / kitchen + garden(s).
常見錯誤
3. a piece of land open to everyone, planted with flowers, trees, and pathways, whe
公園；園林
對外開放、種有花木的休憩園地
a piece of land open to everyone, planted with flowers, trees, and pathways, where visitors can walk and rest.
Trang met her cousin at the entrance of the Botanical Gardens at ten o'clock.
Trang 十點在植物園的入口和她的表親見面。
the X Gardens: proper-name pattern
Tourists pay a small fee to visit the Kensington Gardens during the summer months.
夏季期間，遊客需要付少許費用才能進入 Kensington Gardens 參觀。
visit + the Gardens
Elena and her grandfather often walk through the public gardens on quiet Sunday mornings.
Elena 常和爺爺在安靜的星期天早上一起在這座公園裡散步。
The city council planted new cherry trees in the gardens behind the museum.
市政府在博物館後方的園區裡種了新的櫻花樹。
Concerts are held in the rose gardens every Friday evening throughout July and August.
整個七、八月，每週五晚上玫瑰園裡都會舉辦音樂會。
- park
broader; usually larger and may focus on lawns and trees more than flower beds
- botanical gardens
more specific; a public garden built for studying and showing many plant species
文法句型
the X Gardens
visit / walk in + the + gardens
用法筆記
Often appears as part of a proper name (Kew Gardens, Tivoli Gardens, Botanical Gardens). Distinguish from sense 1 by the public access: anyone may enter, no single house owns the land. The plural form is especially typical here.
常見錯誤
gardens — 動詞
1. if a person gardens, they spend time digging, planting, and looking after the pl
做園藝
從事翻土、種植、照顧花草的活動
if a person gardens, they spend time digging, planting, and looking after the plants in a garden.
Kevin gardens every weekend, mostly weeding the flower beds and watering the tomatoes.
Kevin 每個週末都會做園藝，主要是幫花圃除草和替番茄澆水。
intransitive: subject + gardens
Élise gardens with her two daughters in the small yard behind their cottage.
Élise 和兩個女兒一起在小屋後方的院子裡做園藝。
garden + with + person
Christopher gardens whenever the rain stops, because the soil is easier to dig.
只要一停雨，Christopher 就會去做園藝，因為土壤比較好挖。
Many retired teachers in our village gardens for hours each spring morning.
我們村裡有許多退休老師，每年春天早上都會做好幾個小時的園藝。
- tend the garden
phrase; emphasises careful, regular care of plants rather than just the activity
- do the gardening
very common everyday phrase in British English with the same meaning
文法句型
subject + gardens
love / hate / enjoy + gardening (gerund related)
用法筆記
Used intransitively in this sense — no object. The gerund 'gardening' is far more common in everyday speech ('I love gardening'); the simple verb 'gardens' appears mainly in habitual third-person statements.
常見錯誤
2. to change a piece of empty land into a garden by clearing it, marking out beds,
闢為花園
把一塊空地整理開墾成花園
to change a piece of empty land into a garden by clearing it, marking out beds, and planting things.
Andrei spent two years gardening the rough field behind the old farmhouse.
Andrei 花了兩年的時間，把老農舍後方那塊雜草地闢為花園。
transitive: garden + land
Volunteers gardened the wasteland next to the school and turned it into a play area.
志工們把學校旁的荒地闢為花園，改造成一處遊戲區。
garden + wasteland
A local charity has gardened several abandoned lots in the east side of the city.
一家當地慈善團體已經把市區東邊好幾塊廢棄空地闢成花園。
The new owners gardened the side strip and planted apple trees along the wall.
新屋主把房子旁邊那條狹長空地闢成花園，並沿牆種了蘋果樹。
文法句型
garden + a + piece of land
garden + the + area
用法筆記
Less common than sense 1. The object is normally a piece of land or an area, not specific plants. Distinguish from sense 1 (intransitive: working in an existing garden) — sense 2 is transitive and refers to creating the garden in the first place.
常見錯誤
3. to add ornamental gardens to a building or area as a form of decoration, often a
綴以園林
以花園造景裝飾建築或場所
to add ornamental gardens to a building or area as a form of decoration, often around a palace or large estate.
The Ottoman sultans gardened their palaces with rose beds and reflecting pools.
鄂圖曼帝國的蘇丹們以玫瑰花圃和倒影池為自己的宮殿增添園林。
transitive: garden + palace
Victorian architects gardened the new railway station with flower beds along every platform.
維多利亞時代的建築師在新建的火車站每個月台旁都布置了花圃作為園林裝飾。
garden + station / building
Wealthy merchants in eighteenth-century Suzhou gardened their courtyards in fine classical style.
十八世紀蘇州的富商，把自家庭院綴以精緻的古典園林。
The grounds of the embassy were carefully gardened with rare tropical plants from each colony.
大使館的庭園被細心地以各殖民地的珍稀熱帶植物加以園林化。
- adorn with gardens
more transparent phrasing; common in architectural writing
- landscape
covers shaping land and adding plants together; far more common in modern English
文法句型
garden + place
be + gardened
用法筆記
Rare and literary. Mainly used about historical or architectural descriptions of large buildings and estates. Often appears in the passive (be gardened with). Distinguish from sense 2: sense 2 turns plain land into a garden; sense 3 decorates a place that is mainly something else (palace, station) with gardens as ornament.
常見錯誤
gardens — 形容詞
1. used before a noun to mean connected with a garden, made for use in a garden, or
庭園用的
與花園或庭院有關的
used before a noun to mean connected with a garden, made for use in a garden, or normally found in a garden.
Mei keeps her garden tools in a small wooden shed beside the kitchen door.
Mei 把園藝工具放在廚房門旁邊的小木棚裡。
attributive: garden + noun (tools)
On Saturday Tanvi bought four wooden garden chairs and a long matching table.
Tanvi 星期六買了四張木製庭園椅和一張長型搭配桌。
garden chairs: typical collocation
The new garden centre on the main road sells seeds, soil, and small fruit trees.
大馬路上新開的園藝中心販售種子、土壤和小型果樹。
Heavy garden gloves protect children's hands when they pull up weeds and thorns.
厚重的園藝手套能保護小孩拔雜草和拔刺時的雙手。
- outdoor
broader; covers any space outside, not only a garden
- indoor
opposite spatial setting; used of furniture and plants meant to stay inside the house
文法句型
garden + noun
garden tools / chair / shed / centre
用法筆記
Used attributively (before a noun) only — not after 'be'. Distinguish from senses 2 and 3: this sense covers anything connected with a garden in the broad way (tools, furniture, places), without saying anything about the type of plant or quality.
常見錯誤
2. used before a noun to describe a type of plant, flower, or vegetable that people
栽培；園藝
人工培育、適合花園種植的
used before a noun to describe a type of plant, flower, or vegetable that people usually grow in gardens rather than in the wild or on farms.
Tamar prefers garden roses to wild ones because their colours are brighter and longer-lasting.
Tamar 比較喜歡園藝玫瑰，不喜歡野生玫瑰，因為顏色比較鮮豔，也比較持久。
garden + plant noun (roses)
Many garden vegetables, such as lettuce and radishes, grow well in shallow soil.
許多園藝蔬菜，例如萵苣和小蘿蔔，在淺土裡也長得很好。
garden vegetables: collocation
The botanist studied the difference between wild strawberries and the larger garden strawberries.
那位植物學家研究野生草莓和體型較大的栽培草莓之間的差異。
Pink garden peas were planted in three neat rows along the south wall.
粉紅色的園藝豌豆沿著南牆整齊地種成三排。
- cultivated
more formal; emphasises that people have selected and grown the plants over time
- domestic
used of animals more than plants; for plants it can sound a little old-fashioned
- wild
growing on its own without people; the most common contrast for sense 2
文法句型
garden + plant / flower / vegetable
garden + variety + of + plant
用法筆記
Often contrasts with 'wild' — garden roses vs wild roses, garden strawberries vs wild strawberries. Distinguish from sense 1: sense 1 covers any garden-related thing (tools, chairs); sense 2 is specifically about the plants chosen and bred for garden growing.
常見錯誤
3. used before a noun to say that something is the very ordinary, common kind, with
普通；常見
毫無特別之處、平凡常見的
used before a noun to say that something is the very ordinary, common kind, with nothing special or unusual about it.
Iris said her shoulder pain was just a garden-variety strain from carrying heavy shopping bags.
Iris 說她肩膀痠痛只是因為提太重的購物袋造成的普通拉傷。
garden-variety + noun: informal
The detective decided that the break-in was a garden-variety burglary, not a planned attack.
警探判定這只是一起常見的入室竊盜，並非有計畫的攻擊。
ordinary, unimportant kind
Omar thought the result was a garden-variety cold, but the doctor found something more serious.
Omar 以為自己只是得了普通的感冒，但醫生卻發現了更嚴重的問題。
Many teenagers face garden-variety worries about school, friendships, and what to wear.
許多青少年都會面對課業、友情和穿著等常見的煩惱。
- ordinary
neutral and far more frequent; works in both formal and informal writing
- run-of-the-mill
informal; same meaning of common and unremarkable, slightly older flavour
- standard
more neutral; suggests it matches a usual pattern, not necessarily dull
- exceptional
much better or more unusual than the normal kind
- unique
the only one of its kind; the strongest contrast
文法句型
garden + noun (the noun is something abstract or general)
garden-variety + noun
用法筆記
Almost always appears as the compound 'garden-variety' rather than 'garden' alone. Mostly American English and informal. Used to play down the importance of something — 'just a garden-variety X' = 'just an ordinary X'. Distinguish from senses 1 and 2: nothing in this sense refers to real gardens or plants.